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JUST A FEW YARDS AWAY FROM
THEIR OLD LOCATION, SEA EAGLE
MARKET CELEBRATED THE GRAND
OPENING OF THEIR NEW SHOP AND
RESTAURANT NATS:: "LOBSTER OH
MY GOD" SEAFOOD IN BEAUFORT IS
MORE THAN JUST CUISINE ...IT'S
A WAY OF LIFE.FROM THE YOUNG...
NATS: "SAY HI" TO THE SLIGHTLY
OLDER.FOR MY FAMILY IT'S PART
OF OUR HISTORY AND OUR
TRADITION BEING A THIRD
GENERATION FISHERMAN.THE
REAVES FAMILY SEA EAGLE MARKET
HAS OCCUPIED THEIR SPOT ON
BOUNDARY STREET FOR ALMOST TEN
YEARS...UNTIL NOW.NATS: 3,2,1,
CHEERS THEY'VE MOVED DOWN THE
ROAD TO 2149 BOUNDARY STREET.
THE RELOCATION, TWO YEARS IN
THE MAKING, AFTER THE CITY OF
BEAUFORT ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS
FOR THE NEW BOUNDARY
STREETSCAPE.THE LAST THING WE
WANTED TO DO WAS TO CHASE A
GOOD BUSINESS AWAY.IN AN
EFFORT TO CREATE OPEN GREEN
SPACE ON THE MARSH SIDE OF
BOUNDARY STREET, THE OPEN LAND
TRUST AND THE CITY OF BEAUFORT
BEGAN COORDINATING THE NEXT
MOVE WITH MARKET OWNER CRAIG
REAVES.SO WE SET IN MOTION THE
GOAL OF WORKING WITH CRAIG AND
HIS FAMILY TO SAY KEEP THEM IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FIND THEM A
BETTER SPACE, ALLOW THEM TO
GROW THEIR BUSINESS, GIVE THEM
BETTER ACCESS NEXT TO A
TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND A WIN-WIN
FOR EVERYBODY.THE OLD PROPERTY
WAS SOLD TO THE CITY, AND
REAVES FOUND A NEW PLACE TO
CONTINUE HIS FAMILY'S SEAFOOD
LEGACY.WE TURNED AND CONVERTED
A RESTAURANT THAT HAD BEEN
CLOSED FOR 6 YEARS INTO A
SEAFOOD MARKET.IT WAS A MAJOR
PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION IS NOT
MY FIELD, SEAFOOD IS, BUT IT
WENT WELL.THE REAVES FAMILY
SAYS THE MOVE HAS BEEN AN
ADJUSTMENT BUT BUSINESS IS
ALREADY BOOMING.REPORTING IN
BEAUFORT TORI SIMKOVIC WJCL 22
NEWS.
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“For my family, it's part of our history and our tradition, being a third generation fisherman,” said Craig Reaves, owner of Sea Eagle Market.

Sea Eagle Market has occupied its spot on Beaufort’s Boundary Street for almost ten years. Until now.

The shop, and new added restaurant, now sits across the way at 2149 Boundary Street. The relocation has been in the works for two years, since the City of Beaufort announced the plans for the new Boundary streetscape.

“The last thing we wanted to do was to chase a good business away,” said Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling.

In an effort to create open, green space on the marsh-side of Boundary Street, the Open Land Trust and the City of Beaufort began coordinating the move with Reaves.

“We set in motion the goal of working with Craig and his family to keep them in the neighborhood, find them a better space, allow them to grow their business, give them better access next to a traffic signal and it’s a win-win for everybody,” Mayor Keyserling said.

Their old property was sold to the city, and now Reaves has a new place to continue his family’s seafood legacy.

“It was a major project. Construction is not my field, seafood is, but it went well,” Reaves said.

The Reaves family says the move has been an adjustment, but business is already booming.